- From: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:54:18 -0400
- To: ext Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Cc: public-webapps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Apr 29, 2009, at 10:16 AM, ext Robin Berjon wrote: > There are multiple options: > > b) we select an order of priority and we only consider one (the > first to match); ... > I don't have a strong opinion on this, but I do I have a preference > for a rule based on (b): if multiple locale subdirectories have the > same case-insensitive name, then the one that comes first in ASCII- > code order (e.g. in order: EN, En, eN, en) is used and the others are > ignored. > > The argument in favour of only using one is that we already have to > merge multiple directories, and adding one merge operation for what is > in all probability a user error seems like too much complexity for > little value (I'm happy to be contradicted by implementers however). > Picking ASCII-code order is based on the fact that the directory names > must be ASCII here (the others must be discarded), and picking the > first is arbitrary. > > Thoughts? b) seems like a reasonable choice. I wonder if the I18N WG has any related guidelines recommendations we should consider. -Regards, Art Barstow
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